Kai Nepomuceno shares lessons on pregnancy, road back to volleyball

While some people have a negative notion on sudden pregnancy, Kai Nepomuceno took the situation as a positive chapter in her life even if it halted the rise of her volleyball career.

For her, it was part of her evolution both as a person and as a player.

Although she was technically part of NU’s first-ever Shakey’s V-League championship team in 2013, Nepomuceno’s rise as one of volleyball’s most potent attackers was cut short when she learned she was expecting.

Kai would then stage a successful comeback with Cignal HD Spikers in 2014 before going back to her mentor, Francis Vicente, in what was supposedly a reunion at Pocari Sweat. Complications between the V-League and the PSL, however, forced Vicente to leave the Lady Warriors.

Nepomuceno stayed on and has since become one of the more reliable players of the bench in a magical season for Pocari, a team on the cusp of the Open Conference championship — a first for the franchise.